December 2006 - Illinois Library Association
December 2006 - Illinois Library Association
December 2006 - Illinois Library Association
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Traveling Exhibit of Milton Rogovin<br />
ILA Reporter – <strong>December</strong> <strong>2006</strong><br />
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L<br />
ibrarians for Social Responsibility Forum (LSRF)<br />
is offering a traveling exhibit of photographs by<br />
Milton Rogovin to libraries in <strong>Illinois</strong>. Funded<br />
through Griffin, Kubik, Stephens & Thompson,<br />
Inc., this is a collection of nineteen remarkable<br />
images of everyday people, at various points<br />
in their lives.<br />
Milton Rogovin’s photographs have been exhibited<br />
at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Milwaukee<br />
Art Museum, and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles,<br />
and include collaborations with Pablo Neruda and<br />
W. E. B. Du Bois. Rogovin, 96, is the first living<br />
photographer since the 1970s to have his work<br />
archived at the <strong>Library</strong> of Congress.<br />
Available free of charge to <strong>Illinois</strong> libraries, this<br />
compact tabletop exhibit includes reproductions<br />
of Rogovin’s photographs, as well as materials for<br />
library programming and book discussions. For<br />
more information or to make a reservation,<br />
contact Bleue Benton (e-mail: bbenton@oppl.org)<br />
at Oak Park Public <strong>Library</strong>.<br />
Griffin, Kubik, Stephens, & Thompson, Inc. (GKST)<br />
representative Jamie Rachlin (l), Eisenhower Public<br />
<strong>Library</strong> trustee Esther Rappaport, and Milton Rogovin's<br />
son, Mark Rogovin (r) view the exhibit at the <strong>2006</strong> ILA<br />
Annual Conference displayed in the GKST booth.
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